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McDuffie was one of the toughest players in recent Dolphins history.

Certainly, Larry Csonka and Bob Kuechenberg would be on any short list.

Crash Jensen…he gets in by the nickname alone.
Manny Fernandez!
Remember when Greg Lloyd sacked Marino and was laying on top of him? GL tried to get up and Marino pulled him back down by his jersey and said something in his face….Marino said, he couldn’t speak because the wind was knocked out if him.

Hows about Dwight Stephenson, Bryan Cox, John Offerdal, A.J. Duhe, Blackwood Brothers, JIm Jensen, Wes Welker, Tim Bowens…Wow this list could go on. But here is my surprise pick and he may be the one who tops the list……Hows about Ricky Wiliams. The guy was 80 percent of Miami’s offense and at times was not able to get out of bed on Monday because of all the hits he took. No wonder the dude was smoking pot. I actually believe thats why he left in the 1st place. Good old Wannsted over worked him.

Its hard to name just 5 but for many reasons on and off the field:
1.Bob Kuechenberg
2.Kim Bokamper
3.Jake Scott
4.Larry Csonka
5.Z. Thomas
I don’t know how I can leave Jensen,Cox,Offerthal etc… off the list I’m loosing my mind.

THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION. THERE ARE TOO MANY TO NAME IN FIVE OR TEN; BUT MAYBE TWENTY PICKS WILL DO THE TRICK: DAN MARINO – RICKY WILLIAMS – JOHN OFFERDAHL – AJ DUHE – JIM JENSEN – JAKE SCOTT – ZACK THOMAS – LARRY ZONKA – BOB BUMOWER – DWIGHT STEVENSON. AS YOU CAN SEE, TEN PICKS IS NOT ENOUGH!

Yeah, agree completely re Kooch.
Timbo would be the one guy I would want with me in a street fight.
Agree with others submitted below, including Jay Fiedler.
Here’s a name: Wes Welker…maybe one of the toughest Dolphins pound for pound ever.

1. Bob Keuchenberg – played with a broken arm in the Super Bowl and completely dominated Alan Page. What more needs to be said?
2. Jake Scott – ask any player on the great teams of the 70’s who was the one guy they wouldn’t mess with and it would probably be a tie between Scott and the next guy on my list…
3. Manny Fernandez – just as crazy and as feared as Jake Scott.
4. Dan Marino – other players would marvel at what he had to go through to play after his Achilles injury, the incredible pain. Yet, until his final year or two, he managed to continue at the high level we expected from him.
5. Larry Csonka – To paraphrase Shula, Csonka is the only RB to be called for a personal foul after roughing up a defensive back. Any player nicknamed “Zonk” has to go on the list.
There are many other deserving players, but I can’t think of any that I would place above those five.

Larry Csonka, Larry Csonka, Larry Csonka, Larry Csonka, and Larry Csonka nuff said. For 2 years he played with turf Toe injuries on that stupid Poly Turf field.
I walked out on that field one time and it was like walking on asphalt with a thin carpet pad under it. It was rock hard, that had to hurt playing with that injury. Players today have surgery for turf toe and sit the season out, Zonk played on.

Two gutsy performances that worth mention here.
Nat Moore – In a 1984 game against the NY Jets, after making a catch on a crucial 3rd down conversion, he was hit simultaneously from opposite directions by two Jets, sending his body spinning into the air. But, he held onto the ball and made the 1st down — leading to a come-from-behind score and win.
Steve DeBerg – In a 1993 game against the NY Giants, he was hit simultaneously by Giants DE Keith Hamilton and LB Corey Miller. He had to leave the game to get SEVEN STITCHES before returning to the game — completing 26 of 41 passes for 365 yards and a touchdown, overall.

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